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Rockhopper ExplorationAnnouncement

29/10/2014 07:27

RNS Number : 2170T
Rockhopper Exploration plc
01 October 2014
1 October 2014
Rockhopper Exploration Plc
(the "Company" or "Rockhopper")
Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights
Rockhopper Exploration plc (AIM: RKH), the oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in the North Falkland Basin and the Mediterranean region, provides the following update regarding the Rockhopper Share Incentive Plan ("SIP"), including the participation of certain directors.
Share Incentive Plan (SIP)
The Trustee of the SIP has approved the issue of 5,895 Rockhopper shares under the terms of the SIP on behalf of employees and officers of the Company in respect of the month of September. The issue of shares under the SIP has been made under the Company's existing block listing entitlement.
As previously advised in an RNS dated 28th February 2014, details of the directors' participation will be made on a quarterly basis. Set out below is the directors' participation in the SIP for the three month period ended 30 September 2014.
Director
Number of
Partnership
Shares Awarded
Number of
Matching
Shares
Awarded
Price of
Awards
Number of
Ordinary Shares
held following
the grants
% of issued
share capital
following the
grants
Sam Moody
493
986
89.25p to 95.25p
1,552,512
0.53
Stewart MacDonald
592
1,184
89.25p to 95.25p
4,384
0.001
Fiona MacAulay
493
986
89.25p to 95.25p
32,201
0.01
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company confirms that, following the issue of 5,895 shares under the terms of the SIP, the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 30 September 2014 consists of 292,230,028 shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share).
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ENQUIRIES:
Rockhopper Exploration plc
via Vigo Communications -
020 7016 9571
Jan Davies, Company Secretary

Canaccord Genuity Limited, Nomad and Joint broker
020 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor

Vigo Communications, PR adviser to Rockhopper
020 7016 9571
Peter Reilly


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